Pollard

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  • noun. A tree whose top branches have been cut back to the trunk so that it may produce a dense growth of new shoots.
  • noun. An animal, such as an ox, goat, or sheep, that no longer has its horns.
  • transitive verb. To convert or make into a pollard.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A tree cut back nearly to the trunk, and thus caused to form a dense head of spreading branches, which are in turn cut for basket-making and fagotwood. Willows and poplars especially are so treated.
  • noun. A clipped coin.
  • noun. A polled animal, as a stag or an ox without horns.
  • noun. Same as poll, 7.
  • noun. A coarse product of wheat.
  • To make a pollard of; convert (a tree) into a pollard by cutting off the head.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll.
  • noun. A tree having its top cut off at some height above the ground, that may throw out branches.
  • noun. A clipped coin; also, a counterfeit.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A fish, the chub.
  • noun. A stag that has cast its antlers.
  • noun. A hornless animal (cow or sheep).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A tree that has been pruned by cutting its branches back close to the trunk to promote a more bushy growth of foliage.
  • noun. An animal, such as cattle or deer, whose horns have been removed or shed.
  • noun. The chub (fish), Leuciscus cephalus.
  • noun. A mixture of bran and meal.
  • verb. To prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. convert into a pollard
  • noun. a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage
  • noun. a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed
  • Word Usage
    "A pollard is a “beheaded” tree (“pollard” meaning “beheaded”), i.e. a tree which was the upper branches and trunk cut off so that it produces a large quantity of upright shoots."
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    clip  crop  cutback  dress  lop  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hornless  poll  
    verb-form